The Fifteenth Annual Meeting

Abstract

Next December will mark a notable event in the history of the Radiological Society of North America, for then it holds its first annual meeting outside the United States. The place of meeting will be in the City of Toronto, Canada, and we are confident that all who attend will be thoroughly satisfied with the choice. Accommodation promises to be of the very finest, and the various committees are already hard at work to make this meeting the most successful yet held. Toronto, the capital of Canada's richest province, Ontario, is a progressive city and may be trusted to prove a pleasant surprise to those who have never visited it. It is beautifully situated on the north shore of Lake Ontario behind a large natural harbor, where remarkable developments are taking place which have already given it one of the finest waterfronts to be found on the Great Lakes. The city has a population of over 700,000 and covers an area of approximately thirty-six square miles. It is unusually well built, and, in addition to fine public buildings and numerous skyscrapers, possesses extensive residential districts of great beauty. The meeting will be held in the Royal York Hotel, a magnificent structure built by the Canadian Pacific Railway, and just completed this year. An entire floor, specially designed to accommodate large gatherings, will be available for our meetings, the largest of the halls being capable of seating more than 1,700 persons. It is appropriate that Toronto should be chosen for our first meeting in Canada in that its name, derived from the Indian, means a “place of meeting.” Starting as a small trading post of the early French voyageurs, it has grown to be a great commercial city and a favorite center for conventions, thanks to its many attractions and its great accessibility. It is only an overnight journey from New York, Washington, or Chicago, and can be easily reached by good motor roads via Buffalo, Niagara Falls, or Detroit. As the Royal York Hotel is directly opposite the Union Station, you can be at the place of meeting within a few minutes after leaving the train. As an educational center Toronto has always held a position of prominence, and its University is now one of the largest in the British Empire. The undergraduate teaching of its Faculty of Medicine has been notable for its thoroughness, from the days when Osler learned the rudiments of medicine there until the present day, while in recent years it has taken a leading position in research work. It will be remembered that it was there that Banting and his associates discovered insulin in 1921. The city possesses a number of fine modern hospitals, the largest of which is the Toronto General Hospital, with more than a thousand beds. St. Michael's Hospital and the Toronto Western Hospital are also well worth visiting, and the Hospital for Sick Children is one of the most complete institutions of its kind.